Establishing a national container deposit scheme would recover high value materials, stop plastics and other toxic metals from polluting the environment, and encourage investment and create jobs. The only thing preventing this ‘no brainier’ solution to beverage industry pollution is the profit-seeking behaviour of a few powerful big businesses, and their tireless lobby groups. The Greens Environmental Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill will create a national scheme for recycling the 10 billion drinks containers Australians throw away each year through a 10c returnable deposit on all drink bottles, cans and cartons. Find out more here - peter-whish-wilson.greensmps.org.au/container-deposit-scheme
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 05:17:01 +0000
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